William Sloane Coffin

I don't understand the Middle East. I don't even try. I've led an examined life. My radio job obliges me to master a lot of information about a vast array of subjects, and I feel entitled to a few exemptions. This week, I had to get up to speed on the new ISIS strategy, the Roosevelts, U.S. laws about child corporal punishment, fiber optic gigabit systems, Scottish independence and the history of anesthesia. And that was by Thursday. The Palestinian question is a great exemption choice because a) one can never read enough so that one feels as well-informed as the people one winds up talking to, and b) even if one did, the odds of getting one's head cloven in two for...

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